Cycling

Slevin’s background includes retail, financial services and regulatory oversight House of Fraser executive chairman Frank Slevin is to become British Cycling’s new independent chairman. He will replace Jonathan Browning, who stepped down in November after just nine months in the job. Sport England had threatened to withdraw funding unless British Cycling agreed to overhaul its

Peter Kennaugh won the Isle of Man’s only medal at Glasgow 2014 Isle of Man rider Peter Kennaugh has confirmed he will miss the Commonwealth Games in Australia to focus on the Ardennes Classics in April. The 28-year-old won the island’s only medal at the last games in Glasgow in 2014, a silver in the

Elinor Barker (right) won madison gold with Katie Archibald (left) at the Track Cycling World Cup in 2017 Olympic champion Elinor Barker and sister Megan have been named in Great Britain’s team for the Track World Cup in Minsk on January 19-21. The Barker sisters are included alongside Lauren Bate, Georgia Hilleard and Chris Latham

When you have won six Olympic gold medals by the age of 29, and are married to a woman who has won four more, you’re usually considered an inspiration to the grassroots and amateurs far below. For Jason Kenny, a champion ready to leave it all behind, it came the other way round. At the

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Caroline Buchanan has eight world titles in BMX and mountain bike racing Two-time Olympian and world cycling champion Caroline Buchanan has suffered serious injuries in a car accident in her native Australia. Buchanan, 27, posted an image on Instagram of herself in hospital with a bloodied face and wearing

Peter Kennaugh won the Isle of Man’s only medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Two-time British road race champion Peter Kennaugh has not been named in the Isle of Man team for the Commonwealth Games in Australia. The 28-year-old cyclist won the island’s only medal – silver in the men’s points race – at Glasgow

Salzwedel and Wiggins have worked together over a number of years Heiko Salzwedel has left his role as coach of Britain’s men’s endurance team, British Cycling has announced. The 60-year-old German had three spells with the organisation, most recently from October 2014. Salzwedel guided Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull and Bradley Wiggins to team

Image copyright Strava.com Image caption The 88mile (141km) virtual snowman took the Cheltenham cyclist 10 hours to create on the streets of south London A cyclist has “drawn” an 88-mile (141km) virtual snowman across London. Anthony Hoyte, from Cheltenham, spent 10 hours cycling the streets of the city, using the exercise and route sharing app

In 2017, Chris Froome became the third man to win the Tour and Vuelta in the same season Chris Froome is facing a long and complex process to clear his name and avoid a ban. The burden of proof is on the four-time Tour de France champion to show how he produced the “adverse” urine

Jersey’s Dan Halksworth is aiming to become the first person to compete in three different sports at the Commonwealth Games. “My old coach used to say I was a Jack of all trades and master of none and I think I’ve carried it on through my life.” Dan Halksworth is an athlete you have probably

Juan Jose Lobato won the third stage of the Tour of Dubai in February 2016 with his previous team Movistar Dutch outfit Team LottoNL-Jumbo dismissed one rider and suspended two others for using sleeping medication not provided by the team. Spaniard Juan Jose Lobato, 28, who joined the team this year from Movistar, had his

‘I certainly haven’t broken any rules’ Four-time world time trial champion Tony Martin says Chris Froome is not getting special treatment following his ‘adverse’ drugs test. Froome had double the allowed limit of a legal asthma drug in his urine when tested at September’s Vuelta a Espana. German Martin had said the case was a

Chris Froome was talking on Sports Personality of the Year via a video link from Majorca Britain’s four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome said he was in “a horrible situation” as he again denied wrongdoing over his adverse drugs test. Froome, 32, was found to have double the allowed level of legal asthma drug

Sharon Laws turned a professional cyclist at the age of 33 Former Team GB cyclist Sharon Laws has died at the age of 43. Laws started six months of chemotherapy in October 2016 shortly after learning she had cervical cancer. The Kenya-born cyclist, a former British champion in time trial, road racing and mountain biking,

Chris Froome was tested in September during his Vuelta a Espana win Chris Froome’s adverse drugs test is “a disaster” for cycling that could lose Team Sky all its credibility, says the ex-head of the sport’s governing body. Pat McQuaid, president of the UCI for eight years, told BBC Sport it is “a huge shock…

Catherine Wiggins was by her husband’s side as he won the Tour de France in 2012 The wife of five-time Olympic champion Sir Bradley Wiggins has apologised for describing Chris Froome as a ‘slithering reptile’ on social media. Catherine Wiggins was responding to news of four-time Tour de France winner Froome’s “adverse” drugs test. Her

Tony Martin won time trial silver at London 2012, with Bradley Wiggins taking gold and Chris Froome bronze The handling of Chris Froome’s adverse drugs test by cycling authorities is a “scandal” and a “double standard” is being applied, says four-time world time trial champion Tony Martin. Four-time Tour de France winner Froome had double

‘I certainly haven’t broken any rules’ Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome says his legacy will not be tainted after returning an “adverse” drugs test at the Vuelta a Espana. The Team Sky rider, 32, had double the allowed level of legal asthma drug Salbutamol in his urine. In an interview with the BBC